Pacific Controls Systems LLC (Pacific Controls), a UAE-based provider of automation solutions, has launched a range of smart energy meters. With the Pacific Controls smart metering technology, home & building owners will be able to monitor how much energy individual devices use. The newly launched device range is part of company's offerings in its green home, green building automation and smart grid segments of the market.
Commenting on the launch of Smart Energy Meters, Dilip Rahulan, chairman and chief executive officer, Pacific Controls, said: We are committed to delivering cost effective energy services products and solutions globally, “Our range of Smart Energy Meters will help users to optimize their energy usage while minimizing wastage and, importantly, reducing consumption levels. Our energy management tools will help Home & Building owners to create energy management profiles that are triggered by certain established consumption rates. As energy consumption exceeds a specific point, the system can automatically begin turning off low priority lighting, heating and cooling zones. Pacific Controls’ real time energy usage indices will help consumers to understand their habits and help become more efficient with their energy consumption needs.”
Dilip Rahulan added: “Technology for sustainable development defines Pacific Controls’ core business, people and the way in which we work with customers and communities. Over the last two years we have delivered new energy services products and solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, various energy efficient projects and numerous retrofit programmes dedicated to reducing energy consumption in the UAE and other locations around the world.”
According to the Electric Power Research Institute, at least 27 devices are continuously switched on in a typical Home or Building. It means that even when you are adjusting your air- conditioner to save energy and getting rid of all our incandescent light bulbs, watching the new LCD TV might just wipe out all that effort.
Pacific Controls energy monitoring and targeting software automatically turns energy data into information, measures the carbon footprint and validates carbon financial instruments of the asset. It also provides early warnings on energy consumption data to manage energy usage to assist owners to manage energy usage within the desired thresholds, this addresses the slab tariff system and assist in ensuring that asset owners can manage measure and verify their energy consumption.
Pacific Controls’ smart energy meters offers technology that integrates multiple systems into a single open platform. The product range that are introduced are the B2000 series, a three phase multifunction energy meter; C1000 series, single phase multifunctional energy meter; the GPRS/GSM based energy data concentrator; the single phase 8 channel power line carrier energy meter; and the three phase four wire power line carrier energy meter.
These products and solutions are designed to be part of the smart grid which is currently being deployed in Europe and North America.
Pacific Controls gateway products provide an open architecture for inclusion of sensors, actuators, smart meters and other devices, regardless of manufacturer and changes in technology. This is a key requirement for the smart grid implementation.
The gateway software application layer is the local energy application (LEA), which is capable of interfacing to meters and other facility monitoring devices. The LEA is capable of providing a stand-alone energy monitoring system with real-time data capture, alarms, and historical data capture.
An enterprise software application designed and hosted by Pacific Controls at their Global Command Control Center (GCCC) is utilized to collect data from multiple sites where the LEA is utilized to collect information at the local facility. The GCCC is utilized to collect data into one central location for the purpose of in-depth energy analysis and comparison.